February 17, 2013, 9:43PM

On the surface, things look calm and placid. Just beneath the waterline, however, it's a different story. Cars and sunken boats. Patio furniture. Pieces of docks. Entire houses. A grandfather clock, deposited in a marsh a mile from solid land. Hot tubs. Tons of sand. All displaced by Superstorm Sandy. Full story »

January 28, 2013, 10:57PM

President Barack Obama promised to immediately sign a hurricane relief bill finally passed by the nation's lawmakers. Three months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged coastal areas in much of the Northeast, Congress on Monday sent a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for storm victims to Obama for his signature. Full story »

November 16, 2012, 3:56PM

This broad-based relief means that a retirement plan can allow a Sandy victim to take a hardship distribution or borrow up to the specified statutory limits from the victim's retirement plan. It also means that a person who lives outside the disaster area can take out a retirement plan loan or hardship distribution and use it to assist a son, daughter, parent, grandparent or other dependent who lived or worked in the disaster area. Full story »

November 09, 2012, 2:45PM

Following major disasters, it's common for scam artists to impersonate charities to get money or private information from well-intentioned taxpayers. Such fraudulent schemes may involve contact by telephone, social media, email or in-person solicitations. Full story »

November 08, 2012, 9:46AM

The most important factor here is safety, especially when dealing with larger trees. In those instances I would recommend calling a professional. Larger trees need to be evaluated if they are leaning more than before or have "hangers," which are broken branches high up that could fall and cause damage or injury. Full story »

November 07, 2012, 9:31AM

Under these programs, employees may donate their vacation, sick or personal leave in exchange for employer cash payments made to qualified tax-exempt organizations providing relief for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Full story »

November 07, 2012, 9:28AM

The IRS reminds people that existing charitable organizations, including churches and other places of worship, are frequently able to administer relief programs more efficiently than newly formed organizations, since they tend to already have fund-raising and distribution infrastructures in place. Full story »

November 05, 2012, 2:02PM

Because of the widespread devastation to housing caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Treasury Department and the IRS will temporarily suspend income limitation requirements and non-transient requirements for qualified low-income housing projects that provide housing to victims of Hurricane Sandy. Full story »

November 05, 2012, 1:54PM

The Internal Revenue Service is informing employers and other taxpayers that because Hurricane Sandy is designated as a qualified disaster for federal tax purposes, qualified disaster relief payments made to individuals by their employer or any person can be excluded from those individuals' taxable income. Full story »

November 05, 2012, 1:46PM

Following recent disaster declarations for individual assistance issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the IRS announced Nov. 2 that affected taxpayers in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York will receive tax relief. Other locations may be added in coming days based on additional damage assessments by FEMA. Full story »

November 04, 2012, 11:29PM

Shivering victims of Superstorm Sandy went to church Sunday to pray for deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan region -- and another powerful storm forecast for the middle of the week -- added to their misfortunes and deepened the gloom. Full story »

November 01, 2012, 8:45PM

November 01, 2012, 6:29AM

Now that the storm has passed, assessment and re-building activities are underway to allow people to hopefully at least start to get back to something of their "normal lives"; but you may still be wondering what the final story is with that tower crane that was all over the news. Full story »

October 30, 2012, 2:48PM

August 31, 2012, 2:56PM

Friday, August 31 12pm-7pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Public ship visitation aboard the USS DeWert, USS Hurricane, USCG Katmai Bay and HMS Summerside and HMS Moncton 7:05pm Hometown Sailor throws first pitch and F-18 fly over at Progressive Field 8pm-11pm ... Full story »

August 26, 2012, 9:32PM

Tropical Storm Isaac barely stirred Florida Keys residents from their fabled nonchalance Sunday, while the Gulf Coast braced for the possibility that the sprawling storm will strengthen into a dangerous hurricane by the time it makes landfall there. Full story »

June 25, 2012, 1:26PM

Debby's center was essentially stationary about 75 miles south of Apalachicola, Fla. this morning. Its top sustained winds were around 45 mph, with little change in strength expected over the next day or so. Full story »

September 04, 2011, 10:20PM

When the rain-swollen White River rose up and overflowed, it laid waste to the 125-year-old Perley dairy farm. Cows were carried away. Tractors and trucks were inundated with muddy floodwaters. The water took out a road, destroyed the first floor of the farmhouse, lifted a 6-foot long tank where milk is stored, knocked out power and smothered fields in the 10-acre spread. Full story »

August 28, 2011, 9:08PM

The unusual event of a hurricane aimed squarely at the nation's most populous city and media headquarters in New York put television networks on high alert Sunday. TV news' top talent was working on an August weekend when it would normally be beach-bound and without raincoats and camera crews in tow. They displayed impressive firepower, if at times struggling to keep the day's top headline in perspective -- Hurricane Irene did not hit New York with the force many feared -- and creating some mixed messages with their very presence. Full story »

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